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Mathias J. Sutton; Kathryne A. Newton; Duane D. Dunlap

and have responsibilities that prevent them from attending graduate school in residence full time. - The students’ graduate program is most often financially supported and highly encouraged by their employers. Employers are highly interested in the practical application of the their students’ education to their respective jobs. - The faculty have a clear preference for face-to-face interaction with their graduate students in order to better assess their progress and to ensure a rich dialogue with and among the students and to better direct the capstone research project. - The faculty have mixed feelings about using web-based instructional tools. Many are interested and willing to learn how to

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Augustus K. Uht

Sessions 1526 & 2526 The URI Integrated Computer Engineering Design (ICED) Curriculum: Progress Report Augustus K. Uht University of Rhode IslandAbstractThe University of Rhode Island started the ICED curriculum in the Fall of 1997. The key featureof ICED is a substantial 2-3 year long project tying together important but normally disjointcomputer engineering concepts across the major. The students learn how to make criticalhardware/software tradeoffs with long-term implications. Courses in processor design, compilerdesign and networks are required, and

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Richard E. Pfile; Maher E. Rizkalla; Charles F. Yokomoto

, Page 5.109.1voltages, control signals, and temperatures at different locations inside the engine, andprogramming TI microcontrollers to achieve a prescribed acceleration and motor speed. Inaddition, students use PSpice to simulate a three-phase motor and its high power control circuits.They are doing rather than just listening.3.2 Industry ProjectsAnother exciting feature is students engagement in industry type projects that are proposed by ourindustry partner. Both faculty and research engineers and scientists from our industry partnersupervise the teams. Typical projects involve such topics as hybrid vehicle design and thedesign of software and hardware data acquisition systems for detecting high currents and voltagesinside the engine.3.3

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Hrishikesh Potdar; Kurt Gramoll

, including K-12,industrial training and higher education. This paper focuses on the application of educationaltechnologies and the Internet for industrial engineering education. In particular, an online reviewsystem developed by the University of Oklahoma for the morning and afternoon session of theFundamental of Engineering Exam for Industrial Engineering is presented and demonstrated asan effective use of the these new electronic communications tools and networks. This workforms a part of the Fundamentals in Engineering Review project carried out by the University ofOklahoma. The online review is web-based and can be freely accessed over the Internet.Currently, all topics in the morning General Exam are completed and both the IndustrialEngineering

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Daryl G. Boden

support of testing andintegration, coordination with DoD/NASA laboratories or universities for collaborative projects,and guides USNA Midshipmen through the DoD Space Experiment Review Board (SERB) flightselection process. The satellite development process is a multi-semester effort requiring the contributions ofMidshipmen from several consecutive graduating classes. Senior students in our AerospaceDesign course initiate the process in the spring semester with identification of the mission anddetermination of requirements, followed by development of the conceptual design. Students insubsequent classes will take the satellite through feasibility study, final design, construction,testing, and launch platform integration. Each spring

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Yann Guezennec; Stephen Yurkovich; Gregory Washington; Giorgio Rizzoni

research in engineering education. Some of the more specificoutcomes of the curriculum development proposed here are listed below.1. Collaborative learning environment: In the proposed design courses the students will be Page 5.635.1 assigned to small teams. Each team includes mechanical and electrical engineers. The projects are structured so each member of the group is responsible for some instruction in the context of the project..2. Interaction with industry and other government agencies: a further objective of this proposal is to serve as a catalyst for interaction among university, industrial and government

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Clifford R. Goodwin; R. Andrew Schaffer

researchand practitioner feedback as vital and relevant for entry-level managers in a variety ofindustrial settings. As you will notice, these are very applied and hands-on topics, quitedifferent from the theoretical and functional approach taken by traditional businessschools (i.e., a mix of accounting, finance, human resources, economics, strategy,marketing, etc.).For the remaining 15 hours in OLS, students choose from the following:OLS 110 Supervisory Leadership: Story Problems (Web-based)OLS 328 Introduction to International ManagementOLS 368 Personnel LawOLS 373 Case Studies in LeadershipOLS 375 Training MethodsOLS 377 Project ManagementOLS 383 Human Resource ManagementOLS 399 Special Research

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Wesley P. Lipschultz; Jean Landa Pytel; Jayne Klenner-Moore

-making process relies on the analysis of information about majors,knowledge of themselves, and the requirements of the majors. In the past, students needed togather such information from several resources that may not have been located in the samebuilding, or even on the same campus. This project brought together diverse and widespreadresources required to make decisions into one interactive program that is available online, ondemand.II. Goals and ObjectivesThe goal of the project was to help students find an appropriate major in engineering. This wasaccomplished by helping them build individual mental models (internal mental picture) of whatcan be done in each of the different engineering fields and match the models to what theydiscover about

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Russell A. Aubrey

calculations required tomeasure speed and width of various objects. A second option with this application is to delay theexercise until op-amps and comparators have been covered. In this scenario additional studenttasks can be included such as calculating trip points, designing the time base and makingnumerous other calculations.A third application currently under consideration for this exercise is to use it in the fourthsemester electronic projects course as a start up project with planned guidance. In this case,block diagrams would be provided with suggested solutions from time to time to make sure thatthe project teams succeed in getting a working design in a one to three week period. This wouldprovide early positive design experiences and

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Bernard Hoop; Eric W. Hansberry; Gerard Voland

Session 1380 Student-Centered Science Activities in Lay Science Disciplines1 Bernard Hoop, Eric W. Hansberry Northeastern University / Gerard Voland Illinois Institute of TechnologyAbstractIn the spirit of Northeastern University’s (NU) Academic Common Experience andIllinois Institute of Technology’s Interprofessional Projects, we present examples ofcross-disciplinary science activities intended to broaden and enrich the value of learningexperiences of undergraduate lay science students. At NU

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Maarij M. Syed; Sudipa Mitra-Kirtley

often broken down into smaller parts, and the students perform these as wellas many other mini-experiments, which are normally not taught in the traditional mode. Thestudents are also encouraged to devise ways of improving the experiment to enhance itsusefulness in exhibiting the physical principles. In addition, students are often offered extracredit projects where their task is to design an experiment, identify the proper tools, anddescribe how the proposed experiment will help in the understanding of the related principles.The classes meet for two “periods” at a time, to allow students to finish the class activities forthe day. Needless to say, the majority of the students have found this method very effective inunderstanding some of the

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reasons such as lack ofencouragement, lack of information, lack of opportunity, and lack of role models. By providingall of these, this program will stimulate the interest of underrepresented groups in these areas. Inaddition, these projects will lay the groundwork for continuing the recruitment and offeringopportunities to women and minorities engineering.The goals of the WEE and MIE programs are as follows:♦ Identify and encourage women and minorities to pursue ET degrees at WKU;♦ Expose the field of engineering to K-12 students through appropriate female and minority role models;♦ Provide female and minority students opportunities to experience engineering prior to entering college; and♦ Mentor female and minority students throughout their

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Christine L. Corum

growth 5. MET graduates in the SOT Graduate Program 6. Efficiency of MET Department operations 7. MET’s use of classroom technology 8. Statewide Technology issues 9. Alumni and industry relations 10. Integrate continuous improvement process into all areas of MET Department.Establishing a time line for continuous improvement initiatives. From Fall 1995 through Fall Page 5.288.21998, the continuous improvement committee maintained a planning calendar of the MechanicalEngineering Technology department’s continuous improvement projects. While it wasmaintained the calendar helped to focus attention on projects and

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William Biles; Carroll Hyder; Mark R. Rajai

. manufacturing to Page 5.318.1remain competitive in the global market. We then examine one such advanced technologyentitled “IPTeam Suite,” by Nexprise, Inc, which is starting to become widely used by theindustry. This software has been used by industry for team collaboration in an asynchronousmode over the Internet. The software has enabled companies to out-source their work tosuppliers and subcontractors and compete more effectively in the global economy. However, thissoftware is relatively new to the academia. We then present a pilot project between EastTennessee State University (ETSU), Loyola Marymount University (LMU) in Los Angeles, CA,and our

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, andthe cycle analysis stage. Onboard coaching provides immediate feedback, for example, if astudent makes an assumption about a cycle that contradicts a previously-made assumption.More sophisticated AI-based coaching is available via email communication with the CyclePadGuru4, a TA agent located at Northwestern.The instructor also uses CyclePad for in-class demonstrations of cycle analyses by projecting thecomputer display onto a screen. Students can make in-class presentations of their designs andanalyses by the same method.5. World Wide Web Course Tools (WebCT)5UALR MET students also use a web-based course supplement to their thermodynamics course,created with WebCT. WebCT is a commercial, web-based software package for designing anddelivering

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Steven B. Shooter; Catherine A. Shooter

through meaningful reflection. The result is thatstudents gain more than just the experience of completing a design, but an enrichment andrealization of the methods and skills developed.I. IntroductionMany engineers contend that design is the heart of engineering. Traditional engineeringcurricula were based on the concept that a strong foundation in engineering sciences wouldnaturally lead to better designers. The curriculum would often contain some form of a capstonedesign experience where students would be given a design problem to resolve. The students mayor may not have been taught how to best approach the solution to the design problem. At the endof the allotted time period (a semester or some other number of weeks), the design project

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Mark McNeill; Steven Shooter

through meaningful reflection. The result is thatstudents gain more than just the experience of completing a design, but an enrichment andrealization of the methods and skills developed.I. IntroductionMany engineers contend that design is the heart of engineering. Traditional engineeringcurricula were based on the concept that a strong foundation in engineering sciences wouldnaturally lead to better designers. The curriculum would often contain some form of a capstonedesign experience where students would be given a design problem to resolve. The students mayor may not have been taught how to best approach the solution to the design problem. At the endof the allotted time period (a semester or some other number of weeks), the design project

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Zheng-Tao Deng; Abdul R. Jalloh; Amir Mobasher; Ruben Rojas-Oviedo

. There were approximately ninety students enrolled in the ME programat the initiation of its third year.II. Problem DefinitionThe task of designing an innovative non-duplicative curricula for mechanical engineering isboth a challenge and an opportunity to utilize the engineering design experience. This task wasviewed as a multi-year project with a goal; to produce a competitive engineering program. Page 5.571.2As in the case of new product development, it was essential to answer typical questions such as:a) What should be the key features; b) How to establish specifications; c) How to establishresource allocations; d) How to describe it; e) Who are

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Jeffrey L. Newcomer; Eric Kent McKell; David S. Kelley

of the beginninggraphics curriculum. As CAD technologies evolve they affect the Engineering Graphicscurriculum. Many instructors and institutions are introducing solid modeling within thebeginning graphics curriculum. Anyone that took an engineering graphics course beforethe middle 1980’s remembers the traditional approach to graphics. Topics covered at aminimum usually consisted of geometric construction, lettering, multiview projection,and dimensioning. Are these topics still important today? Almost anyone with experi-ence in the graphics industry and with experience teaching engineering graphics can pre-sent a logical argument for or against the topics listed above. With the increased use ofCAD in the graphics curriculum, what

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Sheila A. O'Connor; Don Malzahn

andskills while they are working on a team design project. The students log on to the web-siteon a weekly basis and receive team process knowledge and feedback. Each student isgiven individual assessments to determine their preferences related to decision style,learning style, and conflict resolution style. The web-based model provides structuredteam process skills training and presents it to individuals on teams 1) when needed basedon the stage of team development and 2) customized for individuals based on individualstyle, learning style and preferred conflict resolution style. A database stores informationon individual team members and captures reported team symptoms as the team developsover time. The conceptual model and preliminary observations

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Suzanne E. Keilson; Randall Jones; Lester Coyle; Elliot King; Duane Shelton

the learningexperience. The next tier evaluates usability in three ways: (a) Observers are given fixed-question data sheets. (b) Observers record more qualitative observations. (c) A survey isadministered to the student users, which collects demographic information and opinions. In thefinal tier, students take pre-and post-tests to see if learning goals were achieved.Materials from this project will be packaged so that they can be examined and downloaded from theproject site, and also made available via CDROM. Page 5.629.1I. IntroductionIn 1998 NSF/DUE funded a “proof-of-concept” project for Loyola College to develop innovativematerials for

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Zhao Liang; Ye Tao; Xiang Bo Wang; Ke Qin Li

. However, there seems tobe some subtle differences between Chinese and American approaches. For example, inAmerica, it is common for engineering professors to introduce real-world problems for students Page 5.114.2to work on, either independently or collectively, from the early stages of engineering education.When students work on realistic engineering projects, they would go through a complete cycle ofproduct development: literature search, design, implementation, data acquisition, analyses,efficiency assessment, calibration, reliability testing, modification, prototyping, report writingand presentation, and so on. Such a process helps students

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Herbert Hess

Session 2633 Power Electronic Converter for Double Duty in Design and Analysis Courses Herbert L. Hess Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering University of Idaho, Moscow, IdahoAbstract A power electronics project offers a productive and inspiring environment for a capstonedesign project. Students design and build five different power electronic converters. Theseconverters must perform as specified, have readily identifiable topology and components, and bereliable and easy to use. Design process and the development

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Claudio da Rocha Brito; Melany Ciampi

LasLeñas in June of 1992. The plan proposed by the education ministries of the four Countriesdemands the application of a harmonic education system so that the instruction is equivalent inthe four Countries. Taking into account this and other aspects of this new world the EngineeringFacultyof University Center of Lusiada has elaborated an Engineering Course, which propose isbasically the adoption of some subjects of Humanities and Social Sciences, among others. Thechosen subjects are Philosophy, Human Resource, Development of Projects, Assisted TrainingPeriod, Management Strategies and since 1999 the subject Sociology was included to enrich thecourse principally because it is a Science that shows and discuss the main aspects of men life inSociety

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Richard A. DeVries; Douglas C. Stahl

showed that there have been several significant projects that bringstructural experiments into the classroom. None that we are aware of, however, attempts toexpand this idea across the curriculum; they are all directed at individual courses. The majorityfocus on structural design in a generic sense or on structural analysis, whereas the StructuralEngineering Workshop focuses on the behavior of real structural components to failure. The“Integrated Teaching and Learning Laboratory” at University of Colorado5 upends the idea ofbringing physical models into the classroom. The building itself is instrumented, so studentscould conceivably experiment with occupant-induced loadings or see interesting data when thewind off the Front Range is unusually

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Douglas M. Mattox; Bahador Ghahramani

holistic,systems approach. The first step using a systems approach to problem solving is problem formulation andneeds analysis. Nonpoint pollution must be identified in relation to the types of topography,economy, and possible pollutant producers. A hog farm in Iowa surrounded by acres of corn willhave entirely different solution needs than an apple orchard in Washington State of the samedimensions. The critical area must be defined since the viability of a project is defined in terms Page 5.64.6of the entire watershed and not any single source of contamination. At the heart of this isextensive research and documentation of water quality

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Karim M. El-Dash

). This paper introduces one approach for integrating educational model currently being Page 5.277.1implemented in the Construction Management program at Zagazig University. In this approach,an integrated course has been developed at the undergraduate level that vertically integratesbasic construction management needs. Also, it presents openings to strengthen and exploitcommunication skills to prepare engineers for interdisciplinary projects and industry integratedneeds. This paper describes the primary constituents of this approach including the integrationof course, the cooperation required to support the communication emphasis, and

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Terry Dwan; Kiriakos Kiriakidis; Jennifer Waters; George Piper

array capable of driving a water pump. They also design alight tracking system for the array. The tracking system uses small solar panels as its sensors.The final design must be able to track a light source and pump water from a lower reservoir to ahigher reservoir. The stored water offers a source of potential energy which is then taped uponcall to run a water wheel. The wheel can then rotate a coil winding to reconvert the storedenergy to a more useful electrical formAnother interesting project has the students designing an energy package involving solar arraysand storage batteries to be used on a camping trip. Various specifications are made by theerstwhile camper (boom boxes, TV, etc.). The students are tasked to design a transportable

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Kenneth A. Knowles; Carl E. Wick

. Networks provide the “glue” that connect each of the localizedmodules together into a functioning whole. We believe that students who take courses inmicroprocessor embedded control should have some exposure to network-connected controlsystems, and if possible they should also have experience in their implementation. This paperdescribes a project that we undertook at the U.S. Naval Academy in our computer engineeringtrack where our students used an I2C network and PIC16C84 microprocessors to construct amodel distributed shipboard damage control system.1. IntroductionThe Weapons and Systems Engineering Department at the United States Naval Academy offersan ABET accredited Systems Engineering degree to about one hundred students annually. Aspart of

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Sheila Horan

Session 3125 Introducing Circuit Design in Freshmen Lab Sheila Horan New Mexico State UniversityAbstractThe electrical and computer engineering curriculum at the Klipsch School of Electrical andComputer Engineering at New Mexico State University now requires that students successfullycomplete a capstone design class (senior design project) before they can graduate. To reach thispoint, students need guidance and practice in design. If students are exposed to design early intheir educations, then the capstone project won’t seem like such an insurmountable chore